Agents Seize Dinosaur Eggs Thought to Be From China

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LOS ANGELES - Customs agents have seized fossilized dinosaur eggs believed to have been smuggled illegally from China and auctioned for $420,000, officials said.

The 22 eggs, each 65 million years old, were so well-preserved that embryonic raptors are visible inside 19 of them. They were seized late last week from the Bonhams & Butterfields auction house in Los Angeles.

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Agents Seize Dinosaur Eggs Thought to Be From China

The eggs were auctioned in December to an undisclosed buyer...

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